Pollens’ prevalence in the spring and early summer gives rise to various allergic conditions, including allergic rhinitis, which causes distress for many people. Several simple traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) acupressure techniques and medicinal diets can be implemented to improve and alleviate the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis. Dr.
Yang Jingduan, founder and medical director of the Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine and professor at The University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, explained to The Epoch Times that allergic rhinitis often has a genetic predisposition—if a person’s parents or siblings suffer from seasonal allergies, they are more likely to develop allergic rhinitis. In terms of treatment methods, TCM typically employs holistic therapy, herbal medicine, and acupoint therapy, all of which have shown significant effectiveness. In the Chinese herbal medicine treatment group, 60.
7 percent of patients showed moderate to significant improvement, compared to 29.6 percent in the control group. Acupressure has long been used as a treatment method in TCM.
The human body has several acupoints related to the nasal cavity, such as the Yintang and Yingxiang acupoints. Massaging or needling these acupoints can quickly relieve nasal symptoms. After four weeks of self-administered acupressure, participants experienced a reduction in all four nasal symptoms compared to the control group.
Seventy-six percent of the patients found the acupressure tr.
